Young-Bae Jo

Singer/Songwriter

Young-Bae is a singer-songwriter, topliner, composer, and vocal coach based out of South Korea. Graduating from Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts in 2007, he made his debut in 2010 as a member of the group 2Nise with the digital hit single "Why are you like this?" and began his career as a composer in 2014, collaborating with various K-Pop artists and overseas musicians. In 2019 he joined ALLART Entertainment as the in-house music producer and worked on all of the PIXY albums, starting with Park Jungmin and Ella's "A Perfect Match." As a freelancer, he also had his hand on the Japanese idol group INI's hit track, "CALL 119", Jeong Dongwon's "Boat Play," Shin Seong's "Go", "No Jing Jing" from MBC's "Finding the Hook," HUHGAK's "I'll Just Do It," 92 Entertainment's Boy Group Project track "On My Way," and Taehoon Park's “Will you play with me,” which is attracting attention as a challenge on TikTok and Instagram.

Young-Bae will be joining Otakon 2024 as a special panelist and will share his insights on the music composition and recording processes in K-Pop. He was unable to join PIXY at Otakon 2022 and is looking forward to meeting everyone at the nation's capital, so come say hello and ask many questions!